DUMP provides testimony for the Act 250 Hearing in Coventry
Click to read DUMP’s ACT250 Testimony
Help us prevent the landfill expansion – This is a Statewide Issue for Vermont.
Currently there is only one landfill in the state of Vermont to handle the trash of every resident, and the state has no long term plan to deal with their waste. The landfill is located in the beautiful Northeast Kingdom, situated between wetlands and abutting the Black River, which flows into Lake Memphremagog. Monster trash-carrying trucks drive over the lovely roadways every day to deposit their loads on the ever growing mountain of trash in Coventry. The offensive odors from this landfill spread with the wind. To make matters worse, a leak in an unlined area of the landfill was recently discovered and the water i
n a testing well contains toxic chemicals (PFAS) that are way above the “safe” levels. This is not just a Northeast Kingdom problem; the landfill impact is statewide. The leachate from this landfill, containing almost six times the safety standard of PFAS toxins, is going to Newport, Montpelier, North Burlington, Barre, Essex, Concord, NH and Plattsburgh, NY. After being treated in waste water treatment plants, which do NOT remove the PFAS, it is dumped into local waterways still containing the PFAS. Lake Champlain is being polluted by this landfill’s leachate.
It is inconceivable that the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources approved a permit to INCREASE the size of this landfill after releasing the data on PFAS toxins in the leachate, and knowing the issues that have developed in Bennington.
Our NH neighbors are fighting to oppose a landfill in Dalton. Read about their battle here:
Please join us in the fight to close the landfill and find a better solution!
(Header photo by Jeff Gerade, 2018)
